Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-27
NOT To BE MARRIED.
Sheriff Matson Declare, the Spies an
ZaRdt Jail Marriage OF.
Miss IAN ZaMdI Visits the Jail. bat Is
Not Admitted The We dding In
definitely Postponed.

TIE Caieazo Mal Of Wednesday says:
Tie spiss Van Zzn5t marriage has been
Indefinitely postponed Sheriff Matson
hzs uzf his Eoof 6ozn and no one Ess
allowed 70 see Spies OF suF other Of the
anarchists today No visitors we're al
loEs5 4 iHs sl between the hours OF
9 ard % O'Clock. Ensn the sOcialistic
lover and MS c8zfreres walk the corridors
C8lcinize-s Es-s carrying II buckets Of
coacrs5 zash- z11 THIS vas ostensIbly the
reason fo- extending callers, the reason,
g. strszgly suspected, being 10 prevent
Miss : 81 Zzzdt from seeing Spies. The
i-ar-lsOzed bridegroom sent one lscOnic
sentence Azrling through the wire net
i5zg There Is nothing for ne TO say;
or, relations are Just the same, despite
.aa orders o. fhs sheriff"
shortly before 10 o'clock Miss Spies
md Miss Van Zandt came into the Grim
inaI coz-t 5uilding passed through the
hal w1sh the tiled floor. and Eere Just go
ing 0ut q the little door which leads TO
the court gard. OF the other side OF which
is the JAZZ when the guard bisndly stop
ped them The ladies were astOnishsd
ard said both together:
~whv. We want 70 see Mr.. Spies"
@Yo1 cant see him this mourning.
sai5 the s1ave bui infeIib.s guard.
again the calculated il chorus why
We are hss relatives and Miss Spies said:
I an his sister. to which Miss Van
Zsnds added iupEsssively and / am Miss
Van Zandt With an open sesame stress
on the - which ouEtt 70 have started
every bolt in the buleing. but which did
not. They had 20 content themselves
with long spisila Written in pencil on =
pad loaned By one Of the Criminal court
reporters. They tool the note across
the court yard, rang the beu Of the jail.
and asked 90 see Mr.. Spies, bat we're told
they could not. and left the following
note.
Dearest August. Gretchen and called
70 see ron this morning, but "the jail vas
being cleaned and We were no; admitted.
We xil call again, and hope for better
success. Your NINA.
The sheriff has forbidden q e marriage
OF Spies and Miss Van Zsndt. He says
that he prohibits the ceremony simply
on the ground OF public deceney, because
his prisoner l. condemned 20 hang. Just
a. soon, he adds, g. the Supreme court,
either By ordering rehearing or by any
other move. makes 1t probable that mis-
prisoner viii not be executed, he Will
withdraw any opposition TO the marriage
IN .'m1rdsreE's row For the present,
however, ana so long es there appears no
hope for Spies 20 escape the hangngn's
L00se. tie sheriff announces that he will
prevent a ceremony in the Jail. he does
this, be says solely out OF regard for
public policy and With regard simply for
public pr0priety, just as he would pre-
vent 8 marriage at the poorhouse among
the inmates there. or at the insane asy-
lam among the inmates there
In refusing to couDtenancc the mar
risge," Sheriff Matson says. Il do not
want 20 set myself up as a grand moralist
OF a. the guardian OF ell foolish young
women. Neither do l want TO aid in
making heroes and martyrs out of the
condemned anarchists, bat I will not
lend myself 70 anything that Is so man
ifestly improper as this. have consulted
wiih good many persons during the last
few days and I find that public opinion
i almost unanimously against the mat
rage. L Is 30 strong, in fact that after
taking the matter over With State's At
tOrney Grinneu to-day I firmly resolved
that the marriage should be indefinitely
postponed. ] hope that Miss Van Zandt
and her friends viii BE- reconciled TO wait
and believe that my views are right, but
whether they Go or not l am confident
that the people Of Chicago viii apPlsud
my course. II IS not necessary to ask
how I shall prevent it. Spies Is my pri-
souer and as such Is entitled only TO such
privileges a. I may think proper TO give
him. The only person whom I am
obliged 70 allow access 10 him il mis-
lawyer
Capt. Black and the father of Miss Van
Zandt held long interview at noon to-
day with Sheriff Matson behind closed
doors. What part Mr.. Van Sandt took in
the interview Is not knoSn, but it il IN
derst0od that Capt. Black vas endeayor-
ing 20 persuade the sheriff 10 change his
decision. The marriage has been in
definitely postponed" Capt. Black said
after the intervies. 1T was postponed
by mutual agreement OF all parties in
terested in the case. Thst Is all have
m say about il neg.'